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People make their way back to the Hoyt Building at East Seventh Street and St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland after an earthquake rattled buildings Wednesday. A powerful Canadian earthquake hundreds of miles away shook Ohio, with the sound of plaster cracking and buildings in Cincinnati gently swaying.

View full sizeTony Dejak / Associated PressPeople make their way back to the Hoyt Building at East Seventh Street and St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland after an earthquake rattled buildings Wednesday. A powerful Canadian earthquake hundreds of miles away shook Ohio, with the sound of plaster cracking and buildings in Cincinnati gently swaying.

Recent quakes

Earthquakes, the magnitude, and the county of epicenter, recorded in Ohio in 2010

June 10: 2.5, Lake County

June 7: 2.3, Lake County

May 17: 2.5, Summit County

April 25: 2.9, Lake County

Feb. 25: 2.4, Seneca County

Feb. 4: 2.1, Lake County

SOURCE: Ohio Seismic Network

By the time the rumbling reached Ohio, it would have felt more like a 2.0-magnitude quake, Boyd said.

Scientists will research the cause of the quake, Boyd said.'

Boyd said the earthquake was reported in states from New York to Wisconsin.

Michael Hansen, coordinator for the Ohio Seismic Network, said this is the seventh earthquake to be felt in the state this year. More than 50 earthquakes have been recorded in Ohio in the last decade.

"This was felt over a very wide area," Hansen said. "Small earthquakes here are not uncommon, but every few years you will see something of this size."

The effect of the quake was much greater in Canada, where the Parliament building in Ottawa and other structures were evacuated, according to the Associated Press. A summit of G-20 and G-8 world leaders is being held in that area this weekend, which caused fear that the rumbling was a terror attack, the Associated Press reported.

More than 43,000 people in the United States and Canada had reported feeling the quake by early evening, according to the USGS website. In Northeast Ohio, people posted comments on cleveland.com saying they felt tremors in cities from Niles to Columbus.

The 5.0 earthquake that hit north of Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday afternoon was felt in downtown Cleveland.

In downtown Cleveland, structures including 55 Public Square and some floors of the Terminal Tower were evacuated, but business continued as usual in most others. Many people said they didn't feel the quake at all.

Kathy Obracay, an office manager for Jerome and Associates on the 20th floor of 55 Public Square, said she felt her chair move at the time of the earthquake.

"I felt our whole building move, then the fire alarm went off," Obracay said. "It was a little scary, but everyone was pretty calm going down the stairs."

Karen Ross, 63, who lives in the St. Clair Place high-rise on East 13th Street, said she felt her building sway and was frightened as she sat in her 12th-floor apartment.

"I don't know if it was an aftershock, but it was quite scary," Ross said. "It didn't last long.""

Away from downtown, residents said they could feel the ground shake.

Henry Senyak, 47, of Cleveland, said he felt the tremors on the second floor of a building he owns with his mother in the 2500 block of Scranton Avenue near Tremont.

"The ground shook for about 60 seconds and it was kind of scary," Senyak said. "I've been around for some of the small quakes here and I've never felt one like this."

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People make their way back to the Hoyt Building at East Seventh Street and St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland after an earthquake rattled buildings Wednesday. A powerful Canadian earthquake hundreds of miles away shook Ohio, with the sound of plaster cracking and buildings in Cincinnati gently swaying.

View full sizeTony Dejak / Associated PressPeople make their way back to the Hoyt Building at East Seventh Street and St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland after an earthquake rattled buildings Wednesday. A powerful Canadian earthquake hundreds of miles away shook Ohio, with the sound of plaster cracking and buildings in Cincinnati gently swaying.

Recent quakes

Earthquakes, the magnitude, and the county of epicenter, recorded in Ohio in 2010

June 10: 2.5, Lake County

June 7: 2.3, Lake County

May 17: 2.5, Summit County

April 25: 2.9, Lake County

Feb. 25: 2.4, Seneca County

Feb. 4: 2.1, Lake County

SOURCE: Ohio Seismic Network

By the time the rumbling reached Ohio, it would have felt more like a 2.0-magnitude quake, Boyd said.

Scientists will research the cause of the quake, Boyd said.'

Boyd said the earthquake was reported in states from New York to Wisconsin.

Michael Hansen, coordinator for the Ohio Seismic Network, said this is the seventh earthquake to be felt in the state this year. More than 50 earthquakes have been recorded in Ohio in the last decade.

"This was felt over a very wide area," Hansen said. "Small earthquakes here are not uncommon, but every few years you will see something of this size."

The effect of the quake was much greater in Canada, where the Parliament building in Ottawa and other structures were evacuated, according to the Associated Press. A summit of G-20 and G-8 world leaders is being held in that area this weekend, which caused fear that the rumbling was a terror attack, the Associated Press reported.

More than 43,000 people in the United States and Canada had reported feeling the quake by early evening, according to the USGS website. In Northeast Ohio, people posted comments on cleveland.com saying they felt tremors in cities from Niles to Columbus.

The 5.0 earthquake that hit north of Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday afternoon was felt in downtown Cleveland.

In downtown Cleveland, structures including 55 Public Square and some floors of the Terminal Tower were evacuated, but business continued as usual in most others. Many people said they didn't feel the quake at all.

Kathy Obracay, an office manager for Jerome and Associates on the 20th floor of 55 Public Square, said she felt her chair move at the time of the earthquake.

"I felt our whole building move, then the fire alarm went off," Obracay said. "It was a little scary, but everyone was pretty calm going down the stairs."

Karen Ross, 63, who lives in the St. Clair Place high-rise on East 13th Street, said she felt her building sway and was frightened as she sat in her 12th-floor apartment.

"I don't know if it was an aftershock, but it was quite scary," Ross said. "It didn't last long.""

Away from downtown, residents said they could feel the ground shake.

Henry Senyak, 47, of Cleveland, said he felt the tremors on the second floor of a building he owns with his mother in the 2500 block of Scranton Avenue near Tremont.

"The ground shook for about 60 seconds and it was kind of scary," Senyak said. "I've been around for some of the small quakes here and I've never felt one like this."

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"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always." - Mahatma Gandhi